PUBLISHED : 18 Sep 2023 at 18: 45 Sunflower seeds and their oil are core exports for Ukraine. SHESTIRNYA, Ukraine: A truck discards another load of black sunflower seeds into the barn of Ukrainian farmer Oleksandr Ryabinin, where they scatter over the flooring, launching a nutty fragrance when crunched underfoot. It is sunflower harvest time in Ukraine and Ryabinin hasactually collected in more than half his crop. But with duplicated Russian attacks on ports, and Black Sea shipping paths closed, exporting hasactually endedupbeing more challenging. “At the minute we sanctuary’t offered a single kilogramme (pound) of sunflower seeds,” the 52-year-old farm director informs AFP. Sunflower seeds and their oil are core exports for Ukraine, which in 2020/2021 produced 31 percent of all worldwide sunflower oil, according to the United States Department of Agriculture. These exports were enormously interrupted by the war, as farmers were required to desert their land and lookfor option paths to provide their products. “People are scared to transportation oil,” states Ryabinin, who handles fields in the southeastern D
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